FischerTal Posted March 12, 2019 Posted March 12, 2019 i always knew these ivy leagues and super elite universities were shady. otherwise what else can explain someone like Dubya getting into Yale and Harvard?
punjabi_khota Posted March 12, 2019 Posted March 12, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, FischerTal said: i always knew these ivy leagues and super elite universities were shady. otherwise what else can explain someone like Dubya getting into Yale and Harvard? GWB went to Yale via legacy quota admission, which is a legal way to get in if your parent was a student too. Of course it goes against merit based admission. What the folks here have done is illegal. Edited March 12, 2019 by punjabi_khota FischerTal 1
Texy Posted March 12, 2019 Posted March 12, 2019 it all comes down to how wealthy you are and how much influence you wield then any thing can be achieved, any rule can be bent
FischerTal Posted March 12, 2019 Author Posted March 12, 2019 14 minutes ago, Laaloo said: God Bless America someone should investigate how the president got into UPenn
maniac Posted March 12, 2019 Posted March 12, 2019 6 minutes ago, FischerTal said: someone should investigate how the president got into UPenn Didn’t Rahul Baba go to Harvard? Briefly though Also I think entire Trump family went to UPenn. Donor quota maybe. The way it it works is they have to maintain consistent grades but obviously they have “people” doing their home work and projects for them
FischerTal Posted March 12, 2019 Author Posted March 12, 2019 10 minutes ago, maniac said: Didn’t Rahul Baba go to Harvard? Briefly though Also I think entire Trump family went to UPenn. Donor quota maybe. The way it it works is they have to maintain consistent grades but obviously they have “people” doing their home work and projects for them rahul went to harvard but then transferred to rollins after his grandma died i think. he also went to cambridge for masters
rkt.india Posted March 13, 2019 Posted March 13, 2019 6 hours ago, FischerTal said: rahul went to harvard but then transferred to rollins after his grandma died i think. he also went to cambridge for masters Paisa bolta hai, IQ to bol nahi raha. Switchblade 1
Tibarn Posted March 13, 2019 Posted March 13, 2019 US Universities have many factors which affect their admissions which call into question the concept of merit: There are alumni admissions and donation-admissions, the later where wealthy/influential people get into elite universities by contributing to the university's endowment. Some public universities have even larger endowments than private universities( ie University of Texas has one of the largest endowments in the country). There is the "Athlete bump", students who are athletes, even is bakwas sports that nobody watches like lacrosse get a boost in their admissions chances if the school is considering them for collegiate sports. Then one gets to the social-engineering categories: There are also "diversity admissions" where some people get judged more equal than others and get special consideration for admission into the university. I'd imagine a lot of famous people can get in via this channel as well. And finally there is the "under-represented minority" category where students over a standard deviation below a typical student at the university get admitted, despite not meeting the expected performance level, because they are "under-represented." The only people who seem to judged on merit are Whites and Asians. All that calls into question how difficult and how prestigious those degrees should actually count as.
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